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Hot Hits
The National Ballet of Canada: The Sleeping Beauty
The Kennedy CenterJan. 30 – Feb. 2 A colorful pageant danced to Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous music.
Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes
Signature TheatreFeb. 18 – Mar. 29 Firecracker play that takes the dysfunction, puts it back in the family, then gives it a hilarious - and subversive - stir.
Manual Cinema: No Blue Memories, The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks
StrathmoreFri. Jan 24 Manual Cinema tells her story through shadow puppetry, silhouetted actors, and live music.
Gun & Powder
Signature TheatreJan. 28 – Feb. 23 Two light-skinned African-American women who passed themselves as White to become notorious outlaws in the Wild West.
Washington Performing Arts: Kian Soltani
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 22 He joins acclaimed pianist Julio Elizalde for a program that ranges from Beethoven’s spirited fifth cello sonata to Arvo Pärt’s mesmerizing Fratres.
Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All Stars
StrathmoreFri. Jan 31 Devoted to promoting the complete story of Cuban music.
Maz Jobrani
The Kennedy CenterFri. Jan 31 Iranian American comedian and actor Maz Jobrani returns to the Kennedy Center.
Washington Performing Arts: Budapest Festival Orchestra
StrathmoreFri. Feb 21 Under the baton of former NSO principal conductor Iván Fischer.
Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (part of Lunar New Year Celebration)
The Kennedy CenterWed. Jan 22 Grammy Award®–winning artist Tang Muhai returns to the Kennedy Center to conduct the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra.
Jake Shimabukuro
StrathmoreThu. Feb 13 Hawaii-born Shimabukuro melds elements of pop and jazz into his passionate performances, emoting pure joy with virtuosic flair.
Spotlights
Washington Performing Arts: Anne-Sophie Mutter
The Kennedy CenterSat. Feb 1
Riffs and Relations: Terrance Hayes
The Phillips CollectionThu. Apr 23
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Folger TheatreMon. Jan 27
Live Dangerously
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 4 – 9
Washington Performing Arts: MLK Tribute Concert
The Kennedy CenterSun. Jan 26
NSO: Dvořák's Cello Concerto
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 6 – 9
Not Just Another Day Off
Folger TheatreMon. Jan 20
NSO Pops: Megan Hilty and Cheyenne Jackson
The Kennedy CenterFeb. 13 – 15
Washington Performing Arts: Kinan Azmeh CityBand
Sixth & ISat. Feb 8
Judy Chicago—The End: A Meditation on Death and Extinction
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jan. 20
Motherhood Redux: Camille Dungy, Tina Chang, and Beth Ann Fennelly
National Museum of Women in the ArtsWed. Mar 11
